WELCOME MESSAGE

We may be far from each other, but we're now connected. Welcome to the Official Website of the Province of Batanes!

For thousands of years, we have lived our lives isolated from the rest of the Philippines and the world. Our story as a people abounds in mystery as it is with gallantry. We have immortalized our character as a resilient race over many years of typhoon, isolation, and remoteness. We have produced success stories many times over that have made us proud as a people. Yet we have managed to let only a few people know about these. It is time we share our story to the world.

We hope our modest effort to make this happen through this website will create ripples of excitement about us a people, the stories we tell, the legacies we leave behind, and the hope we generate for all future Ivatans.

Mabuhay ang Batanes! Kapian ta pa nu Dios atavu maychakaydian.

TELESFORO. F. CASTILLEJOS
Provincial Governor